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Sessions: 2Class Date(s): 05-07-2021 to 06-04-2021Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 02:00 PM → 03:00 PMInstructor: Sheila Griffith, Program Manager, Alzheimer's Association National Capital Area ChapterTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassAre you or a loved one experiencing issues with memory loss or other cognitive impairment? Do you have trouble with your daily activities? Join us on the first Friday of each month for a fun and social way for you to meet and spend time with others experiencing a similar journey. You are not alone. Meeting dates are: May 7 and June 4. Limit:... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 04-27-2021 to 04-27-2021Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 03:00 PM → 04:30 PMInstructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassShaker Heights Ohio in 1997 seemed to be quite the ordinary exemplar of American suburbia until an unusual mother-daughter dyad moved in – to rent, not even to own. And with no male head-of-household to be found. Incendiary, don’t you think? Please read the book so you can participate in our structured, facilitated, Zoom discussion. Author: ... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 04-21-2021 to 04-21-2021Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:15 PMInstructor: Kim Keeline, Ph. D.Term: 2021-2Location: Online ClassFrom Gutenberg and moveable type to modern-day fine letterpress printing, learn about the changes in the printing press and technology, how it worked and why it mattered. We’ll look at videos and photos of printing presses from different ages and how the Linotype and other press improvements ended the age of hand setting type except for a small number of... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 04-26-2021 to 04-26-2021Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Oliva M. Espín, Ph.DTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassCanonizations are about “saintly” individuals but also about the Vatican and national politics. They manifest evolving values and sometimes challenge preconceived ideas about countries and groups within them. The canonization of some Americans by the Roman Catholic Church served as an anchor for U.S. Catholics who had not been perceived as “true”... read more
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Sessions: 2Class Date(s): 04-26-2021 to 04-27-2021Day(s) of the week: Monday, TuesdayTime: 4:00 PM → 5:00 PMInstructor: Henry George, Engineer, Archaeologist and GeologistTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassThis two-session lecture will review the origins of the Earth and its subsequent development to our present time. New technology and recent research have uncovered information that was unavailable to earth scientists in the past. The lecture will begin with the origins of the Universe and then continue with the four Eons in the story of the Earth. ... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 04-30-2021 to 04-30-2021Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 6:00 PM → 7:00 PMInstructor: Chris Burns, Many-StringsTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassWhat’s happening in this dramatic musical overture? Who’s invading who? Who wins and why? The “1812 Overture” is a brilliant and exciting musical portrait of Napoleon’s failed invasion of Russia. We will appreciate the 1812 battle through the music: its military charges, desperate prayers and celebrations. In this class history and music join... read more
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Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 04-13-2021 to 05-04-2021Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Gideon Amir, Hebrew ScholarTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassIn this class we will view some of the laws given by God (through Moses) to the Israelites. We will focus on laws regarding gender, particularly those that address marriage, divorce, inheritance and sexual relations. We will ask the question: How applicable are these laws and instructions to our 21st century modern western world? Please be sure to have a... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 04-23-2021 to 04-23-2021Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 01:00 PM → 02:30 PMInstructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassSeen through American eyes, the Revolution marks a triumphant moment. Through British eyes, it looked quite different. To the King, the war for independence was an affront, a temper tantrum by an ungrateful colonial rabble. But, as historian Richard Bell explains, beyond the palace and Parliament, British responses to the war were anything but monolithic.... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 04-19-2021 to 04-19-2021Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Bonita Billman, Art History LecturerTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassThe Brandywine River Museum of Art in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania was founded in 1971 to expand appreciation of the Brandywine Tradition in American art. The museum, in a converted grist mill along Brandywine Creek, is not far from the Revolutionary War Brandywine battlefield. The museum's collection centers on American illustration and the artwork of the... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 04-19-2021 to 04-19-2021Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Michael Yarvitz, Journalist and ProducerTerm: 2021-2Location: Online ClassRichard Nixon's first vice president resigned amid charges of bribery and tax evasion. Re-visit this extraordinary chapter in American history with Michael Yarvitz, executive producer and co-writer with Rachel Maddow of the podcast series and book, Bag Man. In conversation with WTOP's Chris Cruise, Yarvitz will share the largely forgotten story of how... read more